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  2. British nobility - Wikipedia

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    The Old English word for lord is hlaford (' loaf-guardian ' or ' bread-giver '). [10] The early law codes of Kent use the Old English word eorl (' high born ', ' noble ') to describe an aristocrat. By the 8th century, the word gesith (' companion '; Latin: comes) had replaced eorl as the common term for a nobleman. [11] [12]

  3. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    Examples Wealthy Southern aristocrat: A usually male character who is well-dressed, well-educated, wealthy, arrogant, and haughty yet still has a healthy sense of humor. Rhett Butler (Gone with the Wind) Beauregard Claghorn (The Fred Allen Show) Bill Bluff ; Whisky priest

  4. Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The son of the current Duke of Northumberland has the courtesy title of Earl Percy, and is addressed and referred to as "Lord Percy".. If a peer of one of the top three ranks of the peerage (a duke, a marquess or an earl) has more than one title, his eldest son – himself not a peer – may use one of his father's lesser titles "by courtesy".

  5. Category:Noble families of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Fox family (English aristocracy) (2 C, 22 P) Fremantle family (17 P) G. Gage family (1 C, 20 P) Gladstone family (21 P) Glyn family (14 P) Godley family (9 P)

  6. Sunday Times Rich List: Richest aristocrats in Britain - AOL

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    Aristocrats are some of the richest people in Britain and at the top of the list for those types of people is 28-year-old Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke of Westminster, according the Sunday Times ...

  7. Nobility - Wikipedia

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    The House of Lords is the upper legislature of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is filled with members that are selected from the aristocracy (both hereditary titleholders and those ennobled only for their individual lives). Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.

  8. History of the British peerage - Wikipedia

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    The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0297761056. Sanders, Ivor John (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Warren, W. L. (1987). The Governance of Norman and Angevin England, 1086–1272. The ...

  9. Aristocracy - Wikipedia

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    Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος (áristos) 'best' and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength') is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.